🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

Good morning! Carter Starocci would like to make an announcement!

What else is brewing in today’s Brew?

🏈 Home for the Hoosiers
⚽️ Big Ten Tournament begins
🦁 And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Indiana Incoming. Penn State football has an opportunity to get back on track this weekend with Indiana coming to town for a noon kickoff! Get ready for game day with us:

🗒 GAME NOTES: No. 10 Penn State Football vs. Indiana

🎙 WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE: James Franklin — Indiana Week

📺 UNRIVALED GAME PREVIEW: Penn State vs. Indiana

🔺 Tip Off. The Mike Rhoades Era of Penn State men’s basketball begins tonight with an exhibition matchup at Robert Morris!

The game will be played in benefit of Coaches vs. Cancer and the American Cancer Society, and can be streamed on ESPN+ at 7 p.m.

🔺 Mitten Bound. Penn State volleyball heads to the Great Lakes State this weekend for a pair of matches at Michigan and Michigan State.

The Nittany Lions sit in third place in the Big Ten standings at 8-2, while Michigan State is currently eighth at 5-5 and Michigan is 13th at 1-9.

Both matches this weekend will be aired on the Big Ten Network.

🔺 On Your Mark. Penn State cross country is in Madison, Wis. this morning to run in the Big Ten Cross Country Championships!

The men’s 8K race will go off at 11:45 a.m., with the women’s 6K race following at 12:45 p.m.

🔺 Got The First One. Penn State men’s hockey opened up its series with Alaska Anchorage with a big 2-1 win on Thursday night.

Sophomore goalkeeper Noah Grannan was the star of the show, stopping 25-of-26 shots.

The Nittany Lions got the scoring started with a power play goal from Christian Sarlo, and another goal from Danny Dzhaniyev in the second period proved to be the game-winner.

Penn State and Alaska Anchorage are back out on the ice tonight at 7 p.m.

🔺 One More For The Road. Penn State field hockey finishes up the regular season on the road today at Indiana.

The regular season finale is an opportunity for the Nittany Lions (8-7, 3-4 B1G) to get back to .500 in league play before the Big Ten Tournament begins on Nov. 2.

🔺 Land Of Cheese. Penn State men’s soccer seems to be peaking at the right time as it heads to Wisconsin to close out the regular season on Sunday.

The Nittany Lions have won their past two matches by a combined seven goals, and sit in a tie for first place in the Big Ten standings with Northwestern and Michigan State heading into the final weekend of play.

🔺 Orange Squeeze. Penn State women’s ice hockey begins CHA play this weekend with a trip to Syracuse to take on the Orange.

The Orange are 3-5-1 so far on the season. The Nittany Lions are just 1-6-1, but with six of those games coming against top-10 teams.

🤔 BLUE & WHITE TRIVIA

Still Streaking. How long is Penn State volleyball’s current win streak against Michigan State?

Think you’ve got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Postseason Play Begins! The 4-seed Penn State women’s soccer team begins play in the Big Ten Tournament this Sunday when 5-seed Indiana travels to College Park for a quarterfinal matchup.

The Nittany Lions and Hoosiers matched up just over a week ago, with Penn State earning a 2-0 win.

The winner of the Penn State-Indiana matchup will advance to take on the winner of the Michigan State-Iowa matchup on Nov. 2.

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📅 UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Friday, October 27

🤺 Fencing at NAC/Orlando @ 9 a.m.

⛳️ Women’s Golf at Landfall Tradition — Wilmington, N.C.

👟 Cross Country at B1G Championships @ 10:45 a.m. | B1G+ | Live Results

🏑 Field Hockey at Indiana @ 3 p.m.

🏐 Volleyball at Michigan @ 7 p.m. | Live Stats

🏒 Men’s Hockey vs. Alaska Anchorage @ 7 p.m. | B1G+ | Listen | Live Stats

🏀 Men’s Basketball at Robert Morris @ 7 p.m. | ESPN+ | Live Stats

Saturday, October 28

🤺 Fencing at NAC/Orlando @ 9 a.m.

⛳️ Women’s Golf at Landfall Tradition — Wilmington, N.C.

🥍 Women’s Lacrosse at Syracuse @ 10 a.m.

🏈 Football vs. Indiana @ noon | CBS | Listen | Live Stats

🏒 Women’s Hockey at Syracuse @ 1 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats

🏐 Volleyball at Michigan State @ 7 p.m. | Live Stats

Sunday, October 29

🤺 Fencing at NAC/Orlando @ 9 a.m.

⛳️ Women’s Golf at Landfall Tradition — Wilmington, N.C.

⚽️ Men’s Soccer at Wisconsin @ 12:30 p.m. | B1G+ | Live Stats

🏒 Women’s Hockey at Syracuse @ 1 p.m. | Watch | Live Stats

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Indiana @ 1 p.m. — B1G Tournament | Live Stats

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 16 matches!

Penn State is 41-3 all-time versus Michigan State!

🦁 Have a great weekend, y’all!